Leiomyoma of the nose.

Singapore Med J

Department of ENT & Head and Neck Surgery, Lok Nayak Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi 110002, India.

Published: October 2007

Leiomyomas are benign neoplasms that are thought to originate from the vascular smooth muscle. They have a propensity to arise from the gastrointestinal tract, female genital tract (uterus) and subcutaneous tissue. The nasal cavity is an uncommon site for a leiomyoma. We report a 24-year-old woman with a rare nasal leiomyoma. A brief review of the literature and histological variations are described.

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